Project Report
| Jan 9, 2022
Pandemic Pause
By Neilly Buckalew | Program Director
Hello to All,
We hope this update reaches you in good health and spirits.
Like much of the world, our program focus "Honduras Hope" has been put on pause in terms of direct services.
Optimal Well-Being Network continues to learn from our bee friends and take care of them state side. Uncertain when will be able to apply our skills in Honduras.
Our main program focus state side is our Healing Heroes program providing free services to veterans with traumatic brain injury and supporting their families.
https://www.ownyourhealth.global/healingheroes
We welcome suport for this program as well.
Be safe, Bee well ...
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Sep 1, 2021
New Fund Raiser
By Neilly Buckalew | Program Director
Hello everyone,
Thank you again for all your support for our work. We hope that you and your loved ones are faring well.
We are excited to announce that we hired a fundraiser to help with overall OWN program development thanks to a generous donation. Sarah Withers is now onboard and cannot say enough good things about her.
The foundation that made this contribution, will renew their contribution next year if we can match over the next year the 40K that they donated to us this year.
We hope you can help us meet this goal of 40k over the next year.
The bees survived the heatwave in the hives that we built this past Spring. We're very happy with these hives as they are very energy efficient for them. We "experimented" with corkboard as an insulator and it has kept them cool and we hope warm this winter.
We have learned a lot over the past three years of beekeeping, and we look forward to when we can translate our beekeeping knowledge to the New Hope Center in Honduras.
Bee well, Bee safe,
Neilly aka Dr. B
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May 6, 2021
Learning and Hope
By Neilly Buckalew | Program Director
Hi all,
Hopefully a light is growing brighter for you in some way.
It saddened my heart that we were not able to travel to Honduras this year, but Dr. Potter, the Medical Director, and all found creative tele-med solutions for the folks in Honduras and deserve much gratitude.
Here in Idaho, we are testing new hives this year and are exited to see how the bees do. We continue to learn a great deal about them, how to support them naturally, and low tech methods for processing honey. This year, learning how to successfully capture swarms of native bees, and how to raise queens.
We hope next year we can return to Honduras and move forward with the on the ground planning for this part of the overall project.
Thank you all again, for your kindness and support!
Kindest Regards,
Neilly
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